Ducks Olympic Notes

Ducks Olympic NotesDucks players won five medals in Sochi: two gold (Getzlaf & Perry), one silver (Silfverberg) and two bronze (Selanne & Vatanen). Ducks players have won 12 medals over the last two Olympic years (2010 & 2014), the most in the NHL. Teemu Selanne was named MVP of the 2014 tournament.

Ducks players won five medals in Sochi: two gold (Getzlaf & Perry), one silver (Silfverberg) and two bronze (Selanne & Vatanen). Ducks players have won 12 medals over the last two Olympic years (2010 & 2014), the most in the NHL. Teemu Selanne was named MVP of the 2014 tournament (more details below).

With gold medal winners in each of the last four Olympic Games (Kariya in 2002, Pahlsson in 2006, Niedermayer/Getzlaf/Perry in 2010, Getzlaf/Perry in 2014), the Ducks and the Vancouver Canucks are the only NHL teams to have gold medalists in the last four tournaments (2002-2014).

The Ducks and the Dallas Stars are the only NHL teams to have multiple medalists in EACH of the five Olympic tournaments involving NHL players (1998-2014).

Anaheim players have won 20 medals in the five Olympic Games involving NHL players, second only to the Detroit Red Wings (22). The complete list:

GOLD MEDAL
Ryan Getzlaf & Corey Perry each won their second consecutive gold medals with Team Canada. They are the first Ducks players to win multiple gold medals (while a member of the club). Getzlaf finished the tournament with 1-2=3 points, a +3 rating and won 35-of-61 faceoffs (57.4%). Perry recorded an assist with a +2 rating.

SILVER MEDAL
Jakob Silfverberg won a silver medal in his first Olympic Games playing for Team Sweden. Silfverberg played in all six games, recording one assist.

BRONZE MEDAL
Teemu Selanne was named MVP of the tournament. He finished his Olympic career by scoring two goals, including the game-winner, yesterday vs. the U.S. in the bronze medal game. He led Finland to its fourth medal in the past five Olympic Winter Games. Selanne finished the tournament with 4-2=6 points, including two game-winning goals (also Feb. 19 vs. RUS) and a +3 rating in six games. A look at his career Olympic accomplishments:

MORE ABOUT SELANNE
* At 43 years and 234 days, Selanne became the oldest player to score in an Olympic game.
* He also became the oldest hockey medal winner, surpassing Igor Larionov’s record from Russia’s 2002 bronze-medal victory in Salt Lake City (41 years and 83 days).

Competing in his first Olympic Games, Sami Vatanen led all defensemen in the tournament with five assists (second among all players) and finished tied for fourth among defensemen in points (0-5=5). He averaged 18:34 minutes per game to lead Team Finland.

Jonas Hiller played in three games for Team Switzerland (2-1-0). He finished second in both SV% (.971%) and GAA (0.67). Hiller posted two shutouts, which tied for the tournament lead with Sweden’s Henrik Lundqvist and Canada’s Carey Price.

In his first Olympic Games, defenseman Cam Fowler led all Team USA defensemen with a +4 rating. He scored the first goal for the U.S. in a 3-2 shootout win vs. Russia on Feb. 15.